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Opera
Good news at last: the Royal Opera House will open its doors on 17 May for a new season of live ballet and opera
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Talks
Starting on Monday 8 March, the Royal Opera House marks International Women's Day with a series of events highlighting the role of women in creative industries
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Dance
The Royal Ballet's gorgeous production of The Sleeping Beauty is to be streamed as part of the ROH's programme of Friday Premieres
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Dance
Ashton's sunny and delightful La Fille Mal Gardée is the next offering from The Royal Ballet in the Royal Opera House's #OurHouseToYourHouse series
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Dance
The Royal Opera House continues its online #OurHouseToYourHouse ballet programme with Nureyev's eye-filling production of Raymonda Act III
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We love
Opera
Covent Garden opens its winter season with an audience favourite – Puccini's dramatic story with a deadly twist, set in Rome
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We love
Opera
Covent Garden lets its hair down with a pyjama party and hands music-lovers a musical gift
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Dance
The Royal Opera House has unveiled a bumper programme of streamed ballet just in time for the festive season
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We love
Opera
A full-throttle production of Mozart's sexy opera fields an all-star cast, led by Uruguayan baritone Erwin Schrott in the title role
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Long-awaited return to Covent Garden of Handel's fine opera, streamed with an all-star cast
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Dance
The Royal Ballet streams a recording of the Ashton signature ballet, Enigma Variations, as part of the ROH Friday premieres series
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In the Know
Opera
As the nights draw in, an evening at home with the world's finest singers and players is more appealing than ever. For our favourites, click on 'read more'
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Tried and Tested
Dance
The Royal Ballet performed to a live audience at Covent Garden for the first time in seven months, in a celebratory gala that more than lived up to expectations
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Opera
The Royal Opera House has announced its autumn programme, jam-packed with new opera and classic ballet, and available to live and online audiences
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Opera
The Royal Opera House has unveiled its autumn/winter programme of ballet and opera to be screened in cinemas worldwide
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Dance
London's only free open-air cinema brings together feature films and filmed Royal Opera House performances over a weekend in the Covent Garden piazza
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In the Know
Opera
Ballet and opera from the Royal Opera House will be available to view in drive-in cinemas around the UK this summer
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Tried and Tested
Opera
The stars of the future light up the stage of the Royal Opera House in the third live concert, streamed to subscribers
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Tried and Tested
Dance
Two short duets drawn from The Royal Ballet's extensive repertoire made up dance’s fleeting participation in the third Live From Covent Garden programme
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Tried and Tested
Opera
The Royal Opera House’s second Live From Covent Garden event was an emotion-laden performance, bringing together a Mahler masterpiece and a short but dazzling ballet
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Tried and Tested
Opera
It's not all solemnity at the first live streaming from the Royal Opera House: a cluster of songs about pets lightens the mood
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Tried and Tested
Dance
Live ballet returned to the stage at the Royal Opera House as part of Live from Covent Garden, a series of socially distanced performances streamed on Saturdays
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In the Know
Opera
The virtual festival of the arts continues with new relays of opera, classical music and documentaries, plus theatre and visual art
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In the Know
Opera
In dance and song, a spectacular celebration originally created for the coronation of the Queen that knits the 1950s with the reign of Elizabeth I
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Tried and Tested
Dance
The Royal Ballet’s The Metamorphosis, an adaptation of Franz Kafka’s harrowing novella, becomes available online this week as part of the ROH’s programme of free curated broadcasts
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Tried and Tested
Opera
Jonas Kaufmann stars in Beethoven's heroic opera, in the year that marks 250 years since the composer's birth. But it's soprano Lise Davidsen who excels
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Opera
Young singing stars and a glittering orchestra put a shine on a dull modern-dress staging of a rarely heard oratorio by Handel
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Tried and Tested
Opera
It's a musical helter-skelter ride for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Gerald Barry's breakneck opera based on adventures down the rabbit hole
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In the Know
Opera
Composer Gerald Barry on discovering books and music, and two forthcoming Royal Opera House productions
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Opera
A young woman's hopes of marriage are dashed by a rash act, and her baby faces an uncertain future, in Janácek's opera
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Best of
A fiery triple bill, a guest appearance by Scottish Ballet, and tragedies by Janacek, Strauss and two Italian masters. Booking opens 9AM, Wed 29 Jan
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Best of
It's never too early to get into music, and it comes naturally to kids. Here are the best events for musical adventures they'll never forget
